Concept variable

County number

  Norwegian (bokmål) Norwegian (nynorsk)
Name County number
Definition County number is a two-digit number that in Norway identifies a county. It was introduced in the 1946 census and is included among other things as the first two digits of the municipality number. In addition to the regular counties, this series can be extended with special regional codes for Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
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Owner 320 - Division for population statistics
 
Statistical unit Region
Subject region -
 
Classification Classification of county